French the Kid

French the Kid is a British rapper and singer. Born in Harold Hill, his family moved to Australia and France while he was a child. He moved back to the UK in his teens, beginning to release freestyles on Instagram in 2018.

French the Kid was raised in Romford.^[2] He is of Irish descent, In 2009 his family moved to Australia before moving to south west France when he was nine. There, he would be exposed to numerous French hip-hop artists, including PNL and Jul.^[1]

After passing his exams, he moved back to England with his father.^[1]

Beginning in 2018, French the Kid released freestyles through Instagram.^[3] He released his debut single, "Bella Latina", in 2019; the song switches between English and French.^[1]

In 2020, he released "Broken Lives & Stolen Peds",^[4] also appearing on the Mad About Bars and Daily Duppy freestyle series,^[5][6] with the latter having 17 million views as of April 2022.^[7] He would also collaborate with Kenny Allstar on "Coco".^[8]

In 2021, French the Kid released "Essex Boys" with Slimz and a remix of "Playing Games" with Jaykae.^[9][10] Later in the year, he released "Can't Feel My Face" and "Thrill",^[11][12] which peaked at number 98 and 90 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively.^[13]

In 2022, he released "Remedy",^[14] which peaked at number 81. In April, he released his debut mixtape, Never Been Ordinary.^[15] He also collaborated with Clean Bandit on a single titled “Sad Girls” in September 2022.

In 2023, he released "Single Player", the lead single from his second mixtape, No Signal.^[16]